mvn plugin

The mvn plugin provides many useful aliases as well as completion for the Apache Maven command (mvn).

Enable it by adding mvn to the plugins array in your zshrc file:

zsh

plugins=(... mvn)

Aliases

The plugin aliases mvn to a function that calls mvnw (the Maven Wrapper) if it's found, or the mvn command otherwise.

Alias	Command
`mvn!`	`mvn -f <root>/pom.xml`
`mvnag`	`mvn archetype:generate`
`mvnboot`	`mvn spring-boot:run`
`mvnqdev`	`mvn quarkus:dev`
`mvnc`	`mvn clean`
`mvncd`	`mvn clean deploy`
`mvnce`	`mvn clean eclipse:clean eclipse:eclipse`
`mvnci`	`mvn clean install`
`mvncie`	`mvn clean install eclipse:eclipse`
`mvncini`	`mvn clean initialize`
`mvncist`	`mvn clean install -DskipTests`
`mvncisto`	`mvn clean install -DskipTests --offline`
`mvncom`	`mvn compile`
`mvncp`	`mvn clean package`
`mvnct`	`mvn clean test`
`mvncv`	`mvn clean verify`
`mvncvst`	`mvn clean verify -DskipTests`
`mvnv`	`mvn verify`
`mvnvst`	`mvn verify -DskipTests`
`mvndp`	`mvn deploy`
`mvndocs`	`mvn dependency:resolve -Dclassifier=javadoc`
`mvndt`	`mvn dependency:tree`
`mvne`	`mvn eclipse:eclipse`
`mvnfmt`	`mvn fmt:format`
`mvnjetty`	`mvn jetty:run`
`mvnp`	`mvn package`
`mvns`	`mvn site`
`mvnsrc`	`mvn dependency:sources`
`mvnt`	`mvn test`
`mvntc`	`mvn tomcat:run`
`mvntc7`	`mvn tomcat7:run`
`mvn-updates`	`mvn versions:display-dependency-updates`

mvn-color

It's a function that wraps the mvn command to colorize it's output. You can use it in place of the mvn command. For example: instead of mvn test, use mvn-color test.

Since Maven 3.5.0 the mvn command has colored output, so this function will be soon removed from the plugin.

Known bugs

It has a bug where it will swallow mvn prompts for user input, e.g. when using archetype:generate. See #5052.